Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species

The publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859 shocked Victorian Britain. A new illustrated edition of the book featuring excerpts from Darwin's letters and diaries, along with contemporary cartoons and photographs, shows how the revolutionary work was received

Captain Robert Fitzroy's account of the voyage of HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836, which provided Darwin with the foundations of his theory. Darwin's own account, The Voyage of the Beagle, full of wide-eyed observations, sold many more copies

The C. Warren Irvin, Jr., Collection of Charles Darwin, University of South Carolina Libraries